ودولابٍand a waterwheel يئنُّgroans أنينthe groaning of صبٍّa lovesick lover
ودولابٍ يئنُّ أنين صبٍّ
كئيبsorrowful نازحfar from الأهلينkinfolk مضنىworn out by suffering
كئيب نازح الأهلين مضنى
And a waterwheel groans with a lovesick lover’s groan,
Sorrowful, far from his kin, worn out by suffering.
تذكَّرit recalled عهدهits former days بالرَّوضin the garden غصناًas a branch
تذكَّر عهده بالرَّوض غصناً
ومحنةand the ordeal of قطعهits being severed فبكىso it wept وأنَّاand moaned
ومحنة قطعه فبكى وأنَّا
It recalled its days as a branch in the garden,
And the ordeal of being severed, so it wept and moaned.
وماand … not يدريit knows أترديدٌis it a repetition? لمعنًىof a thought
وما يدري أترديدٌ لمعنًى
شجاهthat grieved it أمor حنينlonging جوىlove’s anguish المعنَّىthe tormented one
شجاه أم حنين جوى المعنَّى
And it knows not: is this the echo of a thought
That grieved it, or the longing of one tormented by love’s anguish?
Translation model: Sol 6.1